The popular children’s show Bluey has been banned in the US after it showed something inappropriate in one of the episodes…
The children’s show won the Kids: Preschool Award at the 2019 International Emmys, but now it seems things are heading in another direction…
As the cartoon has got itself in a sticky situation, and people are even labeling it as part of ‘cancel culture.’
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Traditionally, the term “canceled” means to “dismiss something,” or to “reject an individual or an idea,” as per Dictionary.
But why would anyone want to cancel anyone?
As others call it boycotting an individual.
Canceling someone – whether it be rejecting them, ignoring them, publicly opposing their views or actions, or depriving them of time and attention – has become the go-to tactic for disgruntled and offended internet-goers.
Take, for example, J.K Rowling.
The mastermind behind the Harry Potter franchise, J.K Rowling was savagely “canceled” after expressing her views on women and gender.
“People who menstruate’. I’m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?” she wrote.
The author didn’t hold back on the words and stated her opinion until it caused a mess on Twittersphere.
And it didn’t sit well with a lot of people…
Who, almost instantly, labeled her comments as homophobic and even went ahead to call for Rowling’s Harry Potter franchise to be canceled and boycotted entirely.
On social platforms such as Twitter, canceling users with opposing views has become the norm – but does that mean it’s the way forward?
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By arguing that it is a form of bullying and will be the “death of free speech.”
But what’s more, is the fact that an open letter was soon released allowing people like journalists and authors to sign the petition in order to save their voices and cut off this brewing culture of hatred.
An open letter to Harper’s Magazine in July last year was signed by more than 150 prominent authors and journalists, including J.K Rowling, Salman Rushdie, and Margaret Atwood, decrying what they see as a loss of open debate and tolerance as a result of cancel-culture.
That’s not all…
In an eye-opening speech at an Obama Foundation event in 2019, he told those who are “politically woke” to “get over that,” and pointed out that canceling people online “isn’t activism.”
“That’s not bringing about change,” he said. “If all you’re doing is casting stones, you’re probably not going to get that far. That’s easy to do,” he concluded.
Despite the calls for cancel-culture to end, it is still very much a thing.
And the latest celebrity to be ‘canceled’ is Jeremy Renner, causing #ripjeremyrenner to trend on Twitter…
Renner has previously had many troubling moments…
The Hawkeye actor faced some shocking allegations back in 2019, when his ex-wife, Sonni Pacheco, alleged that he was often under the influence of drugs and alcohol while they were married.
She claimed that this led to several outbursts which include threatening to kill her and biting his daughter.
It was also claimed that he once put a gun to his mouth, threatening to commit suicide, before shooting the ceiling.
Renner denied the allegations against him and claimed that his former wife was “unstable.”
But Renner’s alleged troubling actions don’t finish there…
The trend has also brought up offensive moments from the past whereby he uses derogatory language, racial slurs, and other outdated terms.
Things don’t look good for Renner.
But it’s not only celebrities being canceled as shows are now being canceled as well…
Last year The New York Times described the show Bluey as “the biggest Australian export since The Wiggles” — the country’s most famous children’s band.
While the show has stayed true to its roots, the cartoon has grabbed a few eyeballs over one particularly controversial scene.
Bluey, which premiered on the Disney Channel, Disney Junior, and Disney+ in September 2019, has captured the hearts and minds of schoolchildren across America…
And it’s even changing the way they speak.
According to the Daily Mail, kids in the US are beginning to speak with an unmistakable Australian twang after watching Bluey.
But what made the kids show become so controversial that they had to cancel it?
Well, a Disney Branded Television employee told Pirates and Princesses the episode will soon be available after they had a change of heart.
“Family Meeting will roll out on US platforms soon. Some of the Bluey content did not meet Disney Junior broadcast S&P in place at the time the series was acquired,” they said.Â
“Now that it is rolling out on other platforms, it is a great opportunity to reevaluate which is what we plan to do,” they concluded.
It seems things will be sorted, but why did Disney have to cancel the show?
Well, after showing an episode titled Family Meeting it was the cartoon dog’s behavior that raised a few eyebrows.
Now before you come to any other conclusions, the scene revolved around the cartoon dog’s farting.
Yes, farting…
Which, according to reports, was deemed “inappropriate” as it didn’t meet the streaming service’s guidelines.
What do you think?